Last File Manager is a powerful file manager for the UNIX console.
It has a curses interface and is written in Python.

Some of the features you can find in lfm:

    console-based file manager for UNIX platforms
    1-pane or 2-pane view
    tabs
    bookmarks
    history
    vfs for compressed files
    dialogs with entry completion
    PowerCLI, a command line interface with advanced features
    fast access to the shell
    direct integration of find/grep, df and other tools
    color files by extension [Andrey Skvortsov]
    support for different file names encodings
    fast file viewer with text and binary modes
    ...and many others
